DOSE ESCALATION OF BIOLOGIC THERAPIES IN BIOLOGIC TREATMENT-NAÏVE ADULT PATIENTS WITH ULCERATIVE COLITIS: RESULTS FROM THE ODESSA DATABASE STUDY

Abstract

In the real-world clinical setting, patients with moderate-to-severe ulcerative colitis (UC) may undergo dose escalation when they lose response to their prescribed biologic treatment. Such dose escalation of biologic agents has an impact on healthcare utilization and costs and may have an impact on patient outcomes. Currently, limited real-world data exist that compare rates of dose escalation between anti-tumor necrosis factor (anti-TNF) biologic therapies and vedolizumab, a gut-selective integrin antagonist, in patients with UC who have not previously been treated with biologic therapies (bio-naïve patients).